Home › Words › B › bushwalkingbushwalkingbushwalking means the activity of hiking or backpacking.EtymologyFrom bush + walking.nounThe activity of hiking or backpacking.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.bushwalker 82% match — A hiker or backpacker. vs bushwalking →bushwalk 82% match — A hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity. vs bushwalking →hiking 70% match — Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport. vs bushwalking →backpacking 69% match — Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one's gear carried in a backpack. vs bushwalking →bushwork 65% match — Work carried out in the bushland. vs bushwalking →backpack 63% match — A knapsack, sometimes mounted on a light frame, but always supported by straps, worn on a person’s back for the purpose of carrying things, especially when hiking, or on a student's back when carrying books. vs bushwalking →trekking 63% match — Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking. vs bushwalking →bushwhacking 61% match — Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. vs bushwalking →